A day after NCP chief Sharad Pawar said that any anti-BJP party with maximum seats can stake claim for the post of Prime Minister, the Congress today said it would strive to ensure that party president Rahul Gandhi becomes the PM. Maharashtra Congress chief Ashok Chavan said there was no formal proposal from the NCP […]

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today decided to donate his one month’s salary towards the relief work in flood-hit Kerala. He took the decision after attending a review meeting on the flood situation in the state. “Called a review meeting on Kerala floods with Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha (Harivansh) and other senior officials of […]

Rahul Gandhi led a midnight march here tonight to protest the Kathua and Unnao minor rape cases, his sister Priyanka Vadra got shoved by some in a chaotic crowd, prompting her to ask people to think about the cause for which they had assembled there. “Those who are here to push around people must go […]

A court has awarded three-year rigorous imprisonment to a 30-year-old music teacher for molesting a minor girl in 2016. Additional Sessions and Special (POCSO) Judge A S Bhaisare also slapped a fine of Rs 1,500 on the convict, a resident of Majiwada. Additional Public Prosecutor told the court that a music teacher, was running his […]

A special court here has awarded 10-year jail term to a man convicted of smuggling poppy husk. The court of special judge Rajesh Kumar Gupta yesterday sentenced Rajasthan resident Vishnu Kumar Mali for smuggling poppy husk, public prosecutor P N Malakar said today. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on […]

A Thane court has awarded three years rigorous imprisonment to a 35-year-old man for molesting a toddler living in his neighbourhood. District and Sessions Judge S C Khalipe pronounced Vinit Nandkumar Dhanawade guilty under relevant provisions of the POCSO Act and IPC sections 354 (assault or criminal force on woman with an intent to outrage […]

A Delhi court has awarded 10-year jail term to a man for sexually assaulting his five-year-old daughter after consuming alcohol, saying there was no reason why the child would falsely implicate her father. Additional Sessions Judge Gurdeep Singh held the man guilty of the offences of raping a woman under 12 years of age and […]